Overview

• Official results show the centre-right PSD winning 136 of 308 mayoralties, surpassing the Socialists, who took 126.
• PSD-led slates captured Portugal’s two biggest cities, with Carlos Moedas’s coalition taking Lisbon with 41.7% and Pedro Duarte winning Porto with 37.3%.
• Chega secured 11.9% of the municipal vote nationwide yet won only three municipalities: Albufeira, Entroncamento and São Vicente on Madeira.
• The outcome underscores PSD’s organizational strength and locally rooted candidates, contrasting with Chega’s difficulty converting national support into local control.
• Chega leader André Ventura acknowledged the party fell short of its targets despite gaining its first mayoralties since its founding in 2019.